Display-card for sample-cases.



.No. 896,131. 'PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

E. T. MAR

-' DISPLAY CARD FOR AMPLE GASES? APPLIOATION Hum EAR. 29, 1906.

E. T Ma rah EDWIN/T. i RsH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-CARD FOR SAMPLE-CASES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed March :29, 1906. Serial No. 308,762.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN T. MARSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Cards forSample-Cases and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andeXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to display cards for sample cases, and one of theprincipal objects of the same is to provide simple and convenient meansfor attaching samples of candy or baked goods upon cards designed to beplaced in traysto be used by traveling salesmen for displaying theirgoods to purchasers.

Another object is to provide a durable device of this character made ofsheet-metal stamped up into the required shape to be attached to cards,and providing a prong projecting upward for the attachment of thesample.

Cards provided with my disk fasteners can be quickly filled with thegoods and the disks can be used many times by attaching them to cleancards, whenever the card becomes soiled.

The objects and advantages referred to are attained by means of theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display card made in accordance withmy invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the attachingdisks; Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the card shown in Fig. 1; Fig.4 is a perspective view of the tool which I may utilize for securing orattaching the disks to the cards. a

In carrying out my invention, I provide a numberof attaching devices 1,which may be readily stamped out of sheet-metal of any suitablecharacter. These fasteners are provided with prongs 2 cut from and bentdown from the body of the disk or projecting from the edge thereof.These prongs are adapted to be forced into the card for holding the diskin place, and upon the opposite side of 1 the disk a holding point 3 isprovided, said point having an e argement 4 and a contracted portion 5below said enlargement, forming a speaRhead-shaped member the purpose ofwhich is teufnsure a firm holding of the sample in place on tfie disk.It will be understood that the samples afeTn .2 soft,

pliable or plastic material, and when properly attached to the point 3and the material brought together around the contracted portion of theprongs, it will hold the sample firmly in place.

A sheet of paper 6 may be superposed upon the card by passing the point3 through the paper, thus covering the disk and at the same timerendering the device available for use several times by removing thepaper 6 and attaching a clean sheet whenever it becomes soiled. Forattaching the disks to a card, I utilize a tool, such as shown in Fig.4, consisting of a handle A, a boss B of a size similar to that of thedisks, and provided with an opening C for the point 3. The tool mayeither be used by hand for pressing the disks upon the cards andinserting the points, or a mallet may be used for hitting the device andforcing the prongs into the card.

From the foregoing, it will be observed that my device is of simpleconstruction, may be cheaply and quickly made, and provides a displaycard of neat appearance and will save samples and cards.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is,

A display device for samples, comprising a card having a plurality ofsheet metal disks,

mounted thereon, each provided with inte- EDWIN T. MARSH.

Witnesses:

WILL G. MARSH, JENNIE E. CoLLINs.

